Psammoleptastacus stygius (Noodt, 1955) Sak & Huys & Karaytuğ, 2008

Sak, Serdar, Huys, Rony & Karaytuğ, Süphan, 2008, Disentangling the subgeneric division of Arenopontia Kunz, 1937: resurrection of Psammoleptastacus Pennak, 1942, re-examination of Neoleptastacus spinicaudatus Nicholls, 1945, and proposal of two new genera and a new generic classification (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Arenopontiidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152, pp. 409-458 : 426

PSAMMOLEPTASTACUS STYGIUS (NOODT, 1955B)

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Arenopontia stygia Noodt (1955b)

Arenopontia (Arenopontia) stygia Noodt (1955b) : Wells (1967)

Original description: Noodt (1955b): pp. 101–102; Tafel 35 (figs 75–82) (♀ only).

Type locality: France, Landes , Mimizan-Plage; medium coarse sand .

Remarks: The type material of A. stygia (a single female) is no longer extant. Noodt’s (1955b) dorsal view of the caudal ramus shows three setae inserting at about the same level; the short inner one (adjacent to seta VII) is not a setal element but the dorsolateral spur. In addition to the type locality ( Delamare Deboutteville, Gerlach & Siewing, 1955; Noodt, 1955b, c; Delamare Deboutteville, 1960a), P. stygius has been recorded from the Bassin d’Arcachon, Gironde ( Renaud-Debyser, 1963a, b) and the Portuguese coast (Francelos, south of Porto) ( Galhano, 1970). Marinov’s (1971) record from Bulgaria is attributable to P. barani sp. nov. (see below).